Unless, yes. Alas, dmconvert appears to want something none of these movies can provide. And I've given up on the O2 as well. MJPEG should have worked (I feel), but there is something apparently missing from non-sgi-generated MJPEG files that sgi hardware needs for playback.

The only surefire way to get dmconvert to work is to dump everything out to fields (or frames) and a soundfile on the Mac side of things--but this is far far too cumbersome, and the more times a movie has to be fiddled with, the poorer the end quality.

scottE wrote:Unless I've missed something really obscure, it appears the Octane compression board will only playback movies that are generated by dmrecord (that is, by itself).

dmconvert is filled with all sorts of examples, but none appear practical. Looks like it's up to the O2.

That's odd, as I'm sure I've been able to play O2-recorded movies on IMPACT Compression (same tech).

Ian.

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scottE writes:> But neither will play in hardware MJPEG-compressed movies made by the Mac.

Oh, sorry, from your initial post I thought you meant it could only playback movies recorded by Cosmo2.

Yes, movies from a Mac are not handled well, and vice-versa. Something to do with changes inQuickTime I think, JPEG-wise. Got a funny feeling there's more on this in the Lurkers Video guide.Perhaps related to ICE/Cosmo only supporting fields rather than full frames? Not sure.

What Mac hardware are you using? Different boards tend to have their own MJPEG formats. Sometimes the hardware comes with a software version that allows the hardware compressed movies to be played back on other computers without the card.

QuicksilverG4 wrote:What Mac hardware are you using? Different boards tend to have their own MJPEG formats. Sometimes the hardware comes with a software version that allows the hardware compressed movies to be played back on other computers without the card.